Fountain-pen



(No Model.)

F. s. HEATH.

FOUNTAIN PEN.

Patented Mar. 18, 1890.

N. PETERS, PhoII-lmgraphqr, Washinglun. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED S. HEATH, OF EPSOIVL'NEW HAMPSHIRE.

vFouNfl-AlN-PEN.

SPECIFIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,684, dated March178, 1890.

Application iiled March 23, 1889 To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED S. HEATH, a citi. zen of the United States,residing at Epsom, in the county of Merrimac and State of New Hampshire,have invented certain new and useful ,Improvements in Fountain-Pens, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a fountain-pen with a flexibletip capable of taking the place of an ordinary pen, which must beattached thereto.

The invention will'be clearly understood by reference ,to theaccompanying drawings,

'forming a part of the following specification and claims, of Which-Figure l is a broken elevation showing the top side of the pen. Fig. 2is a similar elevation showing the pen inside view. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional `viewshowing the interior arrangement of myimproved penpoint. Fig. 4' is a view of the open end of t-he pen-pointdetached from the reservoir or barrel. r`

Similar letters indicate like parts. My improved pen-point A, I formconical for about two-thirds its length, more or less, the balance beingcylindrical, and in the conical portion are formed the slots B B,located at opposite sides, which divides the top part a from the`bottom` partl a', and in A the top part ct is formed a slot B. Theseseveral slots, in connection with a valve C, to be hereinafterexplained, serve the ink to the paper when the pen is in use. Theslotted portion a of the pen-point A is prefably made slightly longerthan is the portion a', for a purpose also to be vhereinafter set forth.

The valve C is made tapering to corre-- Serial Naf 305,612. (No model.)

a stem c, which is threaded to a threaded I opening in al disk D, havingperforations d.

for the passage of ink from thehandle'or inkreservoirfE, to which thepen-point A may be threaded in the usual way, as at e, Fig. 3. The diskDis turned a snug fit for that part of the pen-point in which it isplaced, and it may rest upon a" shoulder a2, as seen in Fig.

3. When the said point A is removed from the handle E, the disk andvalve, by means parts a a of the pen-point Awithout spread- ,Y

ing open the slots B B. Then the pen-point mayV be placed upon theink-reservoir or handle E, when the improved pen is ready' for use.

Bythe action of the extending points of the part a upon the paper, thusspreading the p slots B, ink is allowed to pass the valve C,

and by varying the pressure of the pen upon the paper the slot B isaccordingly spread open, and a coarse or fine lineis the result.

Having described my improvements, What'I claim, and desire to-secure byLetters Patent,

1. In a fountain-pen, a pen-point formed conical and having slots, asshown, and provided interiorly with an adjustable valve, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

2. In-a fountain-pen, a conical pen-point slotted as shown, and havingits upper part `slightly longer than its lower part, and an adjustablevalve fitting the interior ofsaid slotted portion, substantially as andfor the purpose specified. p 1

In testimony whereof I aiiixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

` FREDV S.

Vitnesses:

ALONZO S. HEATH, CHARLES T. CRAM.

HEATH.

